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Revisioned Conference Educational Program – HSMAI's MEET University

 

Moving away from the traditional classroom setting, planners from across the meeting and event industry can learn from and interact with industry experts and each other while getting hands-on experience with some of the new educational formats offering great takeaways, including:

 

• Case Study Workshops
• Peer-to-Peer Roundtables
• Keynote with “Continuing the Conversation” breakout
• Tips and Tools: Speed Learning You Can't Miss

HSMAI, in conjunction with leading industry training firm Signature Worldwide, has produced a new education track for exhibiting sales and marketing professionals.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Registration: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

• The 5 Things Every Planner Needs to Know Today
• Taming Your Email Beast

 

9:00 am – 11:00 am

MEET On Hybrid Sessions

• 9:00 am – 9:30 am: Tips and Trends in Food and Beverage
• 9:45 am – 10:15 am: YOUR Value as a Meeting Professional

• 10:30 am – 11:00 am: It’s a Numbers Game: Are You in the Ballpark?  

 

9:00 am – 11:15 am

Workshops Especially for Exhibitors

• 9:00 am - 9:45 am - Do You Know What Your Meeting Planners Want? (A Meeting Planner Panel Discussion)
• 9:45 am - 10:30 am - It's Competitive Out There! Are You Ready to Succeed?
• 10:30 am - 11:15 am - Prospects - Where to Find Them. What To Do With Them.

10:00 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Sessions

• Hotels Revenue Management 101 - What You Don't Know May be Hurting Your Business 
• The Three C’s of Food and Beverage: Chef, Catering Manager and Client

 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

GENERAL SESSION

"You Say More Than You Think: How to Use the New Body Language to Get What You Want" presented by Janine Driver, Speaker, Author, Sales Driver and Body Language Expert

 

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

NETWORKING LUNCHEON

 

1:15 pm –3:45 pm

EXPOSITION

 

1:30 pm –2:30 pm

CMP and Senior Leader Dessert Reception (Advance Registration Required for CMPs. Senior Leaders are by invitation only).

 

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Flash Talks

 

3:45 pm

Prize Drawing

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Peer- to-Peer Roundtables

• Get the Most from Your Food and Beverage Budget
• Value of Meetings
• Women & Leadership
• Social Media and Events
• Meeting and Event Marketing
• Essentials for Today's Planner

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

MEET On Hybrid Sessions

• 4:00 pm - 4:25 pm: Today's Contract and Legal Issues (Part 1) 
• 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Today's Contract and Legal Issues: The Damage Clauses (Part 2) 

5:15 pm

Prize Drawing

 

Thursday, May 31, 2012

 

Registration: 8:30 am - 2:45 pm

9:00 am – 11:45 am

MEET On Hybrid Sessions

• 9:00 am- 9:30 am: Return on Investment (ROI) Made Simple Part 1
• 9:45 am - 10:15 am: Strategic Methodology for Conferences – Goals, Metrics, Tactics and Outcomes
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am: Return on Investment (ROI) Made Simple Part 2
• 11:15 am - 11:45 am: Negotiating the Best Deal for Your Meeting

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Case Study Workshops

• Back to Basics Workshop
• 6 Big Ideas from 6 Big Events
• It's Your Day in Court: Common Contract Disputes on Trial 

 

12:00 pm –2:30 pm

EXPOSITION/NETWORKING LUNCHEON

 

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Flash Talks

 

2:30 pm

Prize Drawing

 

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

MEET On Hybrid Sessions

• 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm: Negotiating When the “Norm is Not the Norm”
• 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: A Crash Course in Technology Mixology for Events 

 

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Tips, Tools and Techniques: Speed Learning You Can’t Miss!

• Leveraging CVBs
• Breakthrough Ideas Creating WOW for Events

• So You Think You Have Leverage? How Hotels Value Your Meetings

• Master Essential Contract Clauses and Legal Issues
• ROI and Meetings

 

4:15 pm

Prize Drawing